Freshwater ecoregion · Africa · lake
Lake Victoria Basin
151 species in the atlas are recorded from this freshwater ecoregion. It sits within Lake Victoria.
Ecoregion boundaries follow the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) framework; species are placed here from the documented range in each species profile.
Where these cichlids live
3,756 georeferenced records of this ecoregion's cichlids (GBIF + type localities; sampled). Click a point for the species.
Cichlids recorded here
Haplochromis · 136
- Haplochromis acidens ✦
- Haplochromis aelocephalus ✦
- Haplochromis aeneocolor ✦
- Haplochromis altigenis
- Haplochromis angustifrons
- Haplochromis annectidens ✦
- Haplochromis apogonoides
- Haplochromis aquila
- Haplochromis argens
- Haplochromis argenteus ✦
- Haplochromis azureus
- Haplochromis barbarae ✦
- Haplochromis bayoni
- Haplochromis beadlei ✦
- Haplochromis brownae ✦
- Haplochromis cassius
- Haplochromis cavifrons ✦
- Haplochromis chilotes ✦
- Haplochromis chromogynos ✦
- Haplochromis cinctus
- Haplochromis cinereus
- Haplochromis coprologus
- Haplochromis crassilabris ✦
- Haplochromis cryptodon
- Haplochromis cryptogramma
- Haplochromis degeni
- Haplochromis dentex
- Haplochromis dichrourus
- Haplochromis eduardianus
- Haplochromis eduardii
- Haplochromis elegans
- Haplochromis empodisma ✦
- Haplochromis erythrocephalus
- Haplochromis fischeri ✦
- Haplochromis flavus ✦
- Haplochromis fusiformis
- Haplochromis gigas
- Haplochromis gilberti
- Haplochromis gowersii ✦
- Haplochromis gracilifur
- Haplochromis granti
- Haplochromis guiarti ✦
- Haplochromis heusinkveldi ✦
- Haplochromis hiatus ✦
- Haplochromis howesi
- Haplochromis humilior
- Haplochromis igneopinnis
- Haplochromis iris
- Haplochromis katunzii
- Haplochromis labiatus ✦
- Haplochromis lacrimosus
- Haplochromis laparogramma ✦
- Haplochromis latifasciatus
- Haplochromis latifrons
- Haplochromis limax ✦
- Haplochromis lividus ✦
- Haplochromis longirostris
- Haplochromis luteus
- Haplochromis macrocephalus
- Haplochromis macrognathus
- Haplochromis macrops
- Haplochromis macropsoides
- Haplochromis maculipinna
- Haplochromis martini
- Haplochromis maxillaris ✦
- Haplochromis mbipi
- Haplochromis megalops
- Haplochromis melanopterus ✦
- Haplochromis melanopus
- Haplochromis mentatus
- Haplochromis mento
- Haplochromis microdon ✦
- Haplochromis molossus
- Haplochromis mylodon
- Haplochromis nanoserranus
- Haplochromis nigrescens
- Haplochromis nigricans
- Haplochromis nigripinnis
- Haplochromis niloticus
- Haplochromis nubilus ✦ · Blue victoria mouthbrooder
- Haplochromis nuchisquamulatus ✦
- Haplochromis nyanzae
- Haplochromis obesus
- Haplochromis obliquidens
- Haplochromis obtusidens
- Haplochromis omnicaeruleus
- Haplochromis oregosoma
- Haplochromis pachycephalus
- Haplochromis pallidus
- Haplochromis paraguiarti
- Haplochromis paraplagiostoma
- Haplochromis paropius ✦
- Haplochromis parvidens ✦
- Haplochromis pellegrini
- Haplochromis percoides
- Haplochromis perrieri ✦
- Haplochromis pharyngalis ✦
- Haplochromis phytophagus ✦
- Haplochromis piceatus ✦ · Pitch-black fulu
- Haplochromis plagiodon ✦
- Haplochromis plagiostoma
- Haplochromis prodromus
- Haplochromis prognathus
- Haplochromis pundamilia
- Haplochromis pyrrhocephalus ✦
- Haplochromis retrodens ✦
- Haplochromis riponianus ✦
- Haplochromis rubripinnis
- Haplochromis rufocaudalis
- Haplochromis rufus
- Haplochromis sauvagei ✦ · Rock kribensis
- Haplochromis saxicola
- Haplochromis schubotzi ✦
- Haplochromis schubotziellus
- Haplochromis serranus
- Haplochromis serridens
- Haplochromis simba
- Haplochromis simotes
- Haplochromis simpsoni
- Haplochromis spekii
- Haplochromis squamulatus
- Haplochromis stanleyi
- Haplochromis tanaos
- Haplochromis taurinus ✦
- Haplochromis teunisrasi
- Haplochromis thereuterion
- Haplochromis tridens
- Haplochromis velifer ✦
- Haplochromis venator
- Haplochromis vicarius
- Haplochromis victoriae
- Haplochromis victorianus
- Haplochromis vonlinnei
- Haplochromis xanthopteryx
- Haplochromis xenognathus
- Haplochromis xenostoma
Labrochromis · 4
Oreochromis · 2
- Oreochromis esculentus ✦
- Oreochromis variabilis ✦ · Victoria tilapia
Pseudocrenilabrus · 1
- Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor · Egyptian mouthbrooder